The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-20
A COLOSSAL OVERSIGHT.
soooo BROOKLYN MEN MADE TO REGIS
TER ON THE WRONG DAK

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r.s One OF All the Politicians Noticed that
Last Tuesday was Not the Second Tues
day Before Eiection-whnt IL to be Done
Early yesterday 1t was discovered that the
noard Of Elections In BROOKLYN had made q
hlunder In fixing Tuesday, tho preceding day,
~ tho third and last day for the registration Of
voters, Chapter 819. Laws OF the State Of New
York, 1886, explicitly provides that the three
dsys for registration shall be tho last Tuesday
a September, the second Tuesday OF October,
and the Tuesday occurring two weeks before
,he day OF election. Next Tuesday. and not
last Tuesday, will be the second Tuesday be-
sore the election. The blunder seems to have
ssoaped the notice OF tho politicians in each
Marty, and great exertions were used on all
sdes on Tuesday to bring out the
voters under the superstition that 1t
would be the last opportunity to regis
tsr. The result was shown In the fact
that STATS names were added to the poll lists,
making tho total registration 120.0f7, the
largest ever made before in Brooklyn except at
tho last Presidential election, when 1t was more
than $4,000. When the mistake was discoy-
sred, tho members OF the Board OF Elections
oomposed OF two Democrats and two Republic
cans, were dumfounded. The Commissioners
Arsd tho responsibility on Republican Clerk
Andrews who has been in the office more than
twelve years, and in whose hands the matter Of
advertising the days had been put The blum
dor will cost the city about $4,000 to pay for an
additional days registration machinery, as no
matter what may be done with the names en-
rolled on Tuesday last, there must be another
opportunity given to citizens to register next
Tuesday. Corporation Counsel Almet F. jerks
yin give MaySy Whitney an 9caI opinion pin, to,
70 representative of The Sun:
sosrd ne 81 xs hs Jaw n the
city have not been consulted until to-day,
when the error was discovered. am firmly Of
s tSR e eee Sf5 Sa Il % eS TO
e ESeger on THe
sufficient care to be able to say whether the
citizens who registered Yesterday will be
TSe Is sw Re
poes Of protecting the purity Of the ballot box,
and as the blunder. OF yesterday was in no way
SS f ha s0 81 a
sssehnissi Violation wi. rot UPSET yssterday,s
lowed 70 stand ss enrolled. But In any event
s ssr ss VIZ be another registration day on Tues
These are the members Of the Board Of Elec-
+, Cotton tRep.l John Gilbertson lDem and md
s ssT e. R0sss T4 Po i liz oS
soaPps Mayor EoW Sdmn
Weli. it is BAD r MISTAKE f fearful mistake.
and we will all have to bear our share. We
Sad sdsn r. e. II MI Andrews who was
sre deeply Interested in the matter, and each
Sy viii St 70 gho
Lens who failed to register from one cause or
sha they viii Sas
CORPORATION Counsel Jerks has been consult
Sivsn on sS;dsS VIII aouSt!ess be largely IL;
Hepu6licsn lawyers spoken to on the subject
diner =, Xery much among themselves some be-
next. while quite as many others are confident
ber and he allow es ANY e
4 ' ts,sSnicsi @iss%fs :, q ths %$easd
yas in consultation last night with Chairman
Green Of the Republican General Committee,
and he will be retained to look out for The in
5as he assSssissas
portunity must DO given to enroll the names
far availed themselves Of II. The Democrats.
on the other hand, seem to think that the mud
die, although brought about directly by Re-
IONS will result to their advantage.
As q way out OF the difficulty 1t was sug-
gested last night that the matter should be
Court In the shape Of mandamus proceedings
Instituted AGAINST two 81 the inspectors to
compel them to remove from the registry list
some name enrolled on Tuesday. on the ground
that the date was wrong. This would make
teet case. II the Court should grant such an
gay would have to register again In order to
4sye the privilege Of voting, but II the Court
decided otherwise, then all the names would
q opinion among leading lawyers seems to be
mat the Supreme Court would allow Tuesdays
SsEs snother opDort N's gwen Rs af t.